"Without" (U.S.)

***1/2 (out of four) You're housesitting while caring for a near-catatonic old man in an isolated Northwest house, and you're only allowed to turn on the fishing channel. Also: Internet is dial-up and cell service is non-existent. So it's no wonder 19-year-old Joslyn (Joslyn Jensen), aside from failed efforts to establish relationships with a few locals, passes the time by watching cookies bake and re-viewing videos on her phone of the girlfriend she misses. Writer-director Mark Jackson's fantastically assured debut steadily grows into a disarming psychological drama about the foolish lines people draw between each other. And Jensen astounds in a performance that, no joke, includes a lovely, acoustic rendition of T-Pain's "Buy You a Drank (Shawty Snappin')," which turns a ridiculous song and a moment that might have felt deliberately ironic into an aching plea for connection. See it: 3:45 p.m. Oct. 8; 1:15 p.m. Oct. 9; 3:30 p.m. Oct. 12

***1/2 (out of four) You're housesitting while caring for a near-catatonic old man in an isolated Northwest house, and you're only allowed to turn on the fishing channel. Also: Internet is dial-up and cell service is non-existent. So it's no wonder 19-year-old Joslyn (Joslyn Jensen), aside from failed efforts to establish relationships with a few locals, passes the time by watching cookies bake and re-viewing videos on her phone of the girlfriend she misses. Writer-director Mark Jackson's fantastically assured debut steadily grows into a disarming psychological drama about the foolish lines people draw between each other. And Jensen astounds in a performance that, no joke, includes a lovely, acoustic rendition of T-Pain's "Buy You a Drank (Shawty Snappin')," which turns a ridiculous song and a moment that might have felt deliberately ironic into an aching plea for connection. See it: 3:45 p.m. Oct. 8; 1:15 p.m. Oct. 9; 3:30 p.m. Oct. 12

***1/2 (out of four) You're housesitting while caring for a near-catatonic old man in an isolated Northwest house, and you're only allowed to turn on the fishing channel. Also: Internet is dial-up and cell service is non-existent. So it's no wonder 19-year-old Joslyn (Joslyn Jensen), aside from failed efforts to establish relationships with a few locals, passes the time by watching cookies bake and re-viewing videos on her phone of the girlfriend she misses. Writer-director Mark Jackson's fantastically assured debut steadily grows into a disarming psychological drama about the foolish lines people draw between each other. And Jensen astounds in a performance that, no joke, includes a lovely, acoustic rendition of T-Pain's "Buy You a Drank (Shawty Snappin')," which turns a ridiculous song and a moment that might have felt deliberately ironic into an aching plea for connection. See it: 3:45 p.m. Oct. 8; 1:15 p.m. Oct. 9; 3:30 p.m. Oct. 12